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Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905
Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
Walker thus became the first woman in US History to have a United States military installation exclusively named after her. [38] [39] Walker is an honoree on a 2024 American Women quarter. [40] The design depicts Walker holding her pocket surgical kit with the Medal of Honor and a surgeon's pin on her uniform. [41]
First person to complete the longest single solo flight around the world; First woman to fly a twin-engine aircraft around the world; First woman to fly the Pacific Ocean from west to east in a twin-engine plane; First woman to receive an airline transport rating at the age of 23; Youngest woman to complete a solo flight around the world. 1973
Gertrude Caroline Ederle (/ ˈ ɛ d ər l i /; [1] October 23, 1905 [2] – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. [3] Among other nicknames, the press called her "Queen of the Waves". [4] [5]
Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 – September 30, 2014) was an American pilot and the first woman to fly solo around the world. [2] She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed "Charlie."
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have ...
She was the first African-American woman to attend graduate school at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Through WVSC's president, John W. Davis , she became one of three African-American students, [ 16 ] and the only woman, selected to integrate the graduate school after the 1938 United States Supreme Court ruling in ...